Now that the new SMASHING PUMPKINS album, "Monuments To An Elegy", has been released, mainman Billy Corgan said in a new interview with The Guardian that he's stupefied by the "three-star" reviews the disc is getting. Corgan explained, "I thought for sure I would get really strong reviews for our new album, based ...

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will release their new album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", on March 27 in Europe and March 31 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the CD was created by the band's longtime collaborator Toxic Angel. "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" features eleven new songs and ...

Although he won't reveal the hard details, Jimmy Page says that he's prepping new material for a comeback tour, according The Pulse Of Radio. During a recent chat with Classic Rock magazine, Page revealed, "I'm playing guitar at the moment, because I'm getting ready. I'm starting to get ready. At the end of that was ...

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, who has been out on bail for nearly two months on charges of possessing cannabis and methamphetamine and threatening to kill, spoke to ONE News for the first time since his arrest, calling the charges against him "ludicrous." "This has just been a big ball of cheese and all ...

Metal Wani's Owais "Vitek" Nabi and Sairaj Kamath recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the musical direction of NAPALM DEATH's upcoming 15th studio ...

The Folgers coffee company made a commercial in 2000 featuring KISS frontman Paul Stanley, but it was never aired, reportedly because focus groups asked, "Who is the old, creepy guy?" and the advertising agency pulled it. The full clip has now surfaced on YouTube and can be seen below. In an October 2000 interview, Stanley ...

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Asked in a brand new interview with Vanyaland if SAVATAGE has ...

Artisan News recently conducted an interview with the four members of the California rock band PAPA ROACH. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why the band chose to record its eighth full-length album, "F.E.A.R.", in Las Vegas: Tobin Esperance (bass): "Well, we didn't actually choose ...

The 92.7/96.9 WRRV radio station recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked how he went from playing drums in his earlier bands to eventually becoming the frontman in GODSMACK, Erna said: "Well, I didn't plan on [it]. That was, actually, ...

Jacky BamBam of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss on November 28 at the "All Things That Rock" festival in Oaks, Pennsylvania. You can now listen to the chat at this location. Speaking about the status of his long-awaited new solo album, Criss said: ...